Proverbs 12:3 · KJV
“A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.”
— Proverbs 12:3
A good {man} obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 12 — Context
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.
2A good {man} obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
3A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
4A virtuous woman {is} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed {is} as rottenness in his bones.
5The thoughts of the righteous {are} right: {but} the counsels of the wicked {are} deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:25
As the whirlwind passeth, so {is} the wicked no {more}: but the righteous {is} an everlasting foundation.
Ephesians 3:17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Colossians 2:7
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desireth the net of evil {men}: but the root of the righteous yieldeth {fruit}. {the net: or, the fortress}
Job 27:16-18
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Psalms 125:1-2
[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.
Psalms 15:5
{He that} putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these {things} shall never be moved.
Job 5:3-5
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.